Critically ill patients are more likely to be successfully weaned from a mechanical ventilator, or breathing machine, if they have higher levels of wakefulness and both their right and left brains experience the same depth of sleep, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory […]
Clinical Insights & Research
New Research Shows Link between Exfoliation Syndrome and Pulmonary Disease
New research involving New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai shows a link between patients with XFS and pulmonary disease. The results have been published in the February issue of Glaucoma Ophthalmology. Exfoliation syndrome is the most common recognizable cause of open-angle glaucoma worldwide. This systemic disorder is associated […]
Improved Sleep a Benefit of Virta Diabetes Treatment
Emerging Evidence Suggests that Sleep Quality Improves with Virta Health’s Novel Care Model and Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Virta Health, the first company with a treatment to safely and sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes (T2D) without the use of medications or surgery, announced the publication of new peer-reviewed […]
Head Position During Sleep Has Potential Implications for Neurodegenerative Disease
Could sleeping on your back increase your brain’s risk of developing neurodegenerative disease? That possibility is revealed in a new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. “We compared the in-home sleep patterns of patients with memory impairment resulting from neurodegenerative diseases to a large group of elderly with normal […]
Itamar Medical, Study on Role of OSA in AFib Makes Top Cardio Journal’s 2018 Most Important Article List
Selection as one of the most prominent and important articles of 2018 reflects significant contribution to advancing cardiovascular health Itamar Medical Ltd. today announced that an article previously published in Circulation1 has been selected for inclusion in the journal’s 2018 Year in Review. This review, which appears in the February 2019 issue of Circulation: […]
Study Seeks to Link Sleep with Emotional Regulation
A link between lack of sleep and poor emotional control among teenagers in South East Asia is being investigated by researchers in South Australia. The collaboration between Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia and Duke-NUS in Singapore, seeks to further establish the association between sleep and poor behavioral and emotional outcomes. It […]
Fish Oil Does Not Appear to Improve Asthma Control in Teens, Young Adults
Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in adolescents and young adults with uncontrolled asthma who are overweight or obese, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. In “Fish Oil Supplementation in Overweight/Obese Patients with Uncontrolled Asthma: A Randomized Trial,” Jason E. Lang, MD, […]
Air Pollution Increases ER Visits for Breathing Problems, but Rate Depends on Age, Pollutant and Lung Disease
As levels of ozone and fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) rise, more patients end up in the ER with breathing problems, according to the largest U.S. study of air pollution and respiratory emergency room visits of patients of all ages. The study was published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal […]
Hospital SIESTA Project Reduces Inpatient Sleep Interruptions
Selective tinkering with the medical center’s electronic health records (EHR) system, plus a 20-minute presentation to doctors and nurses on the consequences of in-hospital sleep deprivation, was able to change the behavior of caregivers in ways that allowed more patients to sleep undisturbed through the night. Although patients may spend […]
Childhood Body Composition May Help Determine Future Lung Health
How well we breathe as adults may depend on the amount of fat mass and lean body mass, or muscle, we have as children, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Childhood Body Composition Trajectories and Adolescent Lung […]













